Chapter 4      Managing Devices

Device Management

Task

Procedure

3. Verify connectivity 

From the Administration tab, select Diagnostics, then Connectivity.Type 

from the Hosting 

the device name or IP address and click Ping.

Solution Engine to the 

devices you want to 

manage.

4. Set community 

Use the LocalDirector CLI to set the community strings. For example, 

strings.

snmp server community public 

5. Enable Telnet. 

Use the LD CLI to enable Telnet. For example, 

telnet   

Note

The SNMP Server Host must be configured on the LocalDirector 

devices.

6. (Optional) Set the 

On LocalDirector devices, enter configuration mode and use the following 

system name, contact, 

commands.

and location variables.

To set the system name, use the hostname name command. For 

example, set hostname HSE LD 1

.

To set the system contact, use the snmp contact contact command.

To set the location, use the snmp location location command.

7. (Optional) Configure  Add device names and IP addresses into the DNS server. See your DNS 

DNS server.

server documentation for instructions.

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